1、THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY:A TRIPLE PLAY SOLUTION FOR ACHIEVING CHINAS CLIMATE OBJECTIVESContentsAbout this paper 3Project team 4Executive summary 5Chapter 1:The circular economy is a systems framework for accelerated climate action in China 11Chapter 2:The circular economy is crucial to reducing emission

2、s in hard-to-abate sectors in China 20Chapter 3:The circular economy can help China secure raw material supply in its transition to renewable energy 34Chapter 4:The circular economy can increase Chinas resilience to the effects of climate change 49Chapter 5:Calls to action:Advancing circular economy

3、 for climate action in China 53Acknowledgement 64Disclaimer 64Endnotes 65About this paperAbout the Tsinghua University Research Center for Industry of Circular EconomyThe Tsinghua University Research Center for Industry of Circular Economy(CICE)was founded in 2009 by the superior team of the School

4、of Environment,Tsinghua University.CICE is committed to scientific research in the field of solid waste recycling,circular economy,energy conservation and emission reduction management,joint research on key technologies and applications,supporting the national policy formulation of circular economy

5、and zero-waste cities and carrying out international cooperation on systematic solutions for circular economy.CICE has completed nearly 100 national,provincial and ministerial research projects such as the National Key Research and Development Program,863 Plan,973 Plan and the National Natural Scien

6、ce Found Program,and more than 200 consulting projects for local governments,industrial parks,and enterprises.CICE has won nearly 10 honors such as the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of Ministerial and Provincial-Level Science and Technology Pr